{"id":47083,"date":"2017-02-22T08:38:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T03:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47083"},"modified":"2017-02-22T08:38:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T03:08:37","slug":"guidelines-needed-for-rehabilitation-of-mentally-ill-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/guidelines-needed-for-rehabilitation-of-mentally-ill-sc","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines needed for rehabilitation of mentally ill: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44419\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/order.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-orders-fir-cop-2-others-cheating\/order\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/order.jpg?fit=240%2C134&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,134\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"order\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/order.jpg?fit=240%2C134&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/order.jpg?fit=240%2C134&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44419 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/order.jpg?resize=240%2C134&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guidelines needed for rehabilitation of mentally ill: SC\" width=\"240\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/order.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/order.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guidelines needed for rehabilitation of mentally ill: SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to frame guidelines for rehabilitation of persons who have been cured of their mental illness, observing that the issue was &#8220;very sensitive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar observed that after mentally ill persons are cured, not even their family members are willing to take them back home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a very, very sensitive issue. You (Centre) should apply your mind. When a person goes to a mental asylum and after treatment he is cured, no body is willing to take him back to home. You (Centre) should think over it,&#8221; the bench, also comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul, said.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court told Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, representing the Centre, that the government &#8220;cannot allow a person to be kept&#8221; in a mental asylum or a nursing home after he or she is fully cured of the ailment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have to be brought back to civil society. You will have to frame a policy,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is very easily achievable. You give us a model scheme. We will then put it to the state governments and ask them. Give us a scheme,&#8221; the court told the Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The Solicitor General, however, told the bench that they needed some time as two ministries &#8212; Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Justice &#8212; were involved in this process.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court gave eight weeks time to the Centre for this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The proposal made to the Centre by this court has been tentatively accepted and the Union of India will frame guidelines\/scheme for rehabilitation of mentally sick persons, who are in a mental asylum or a nursing home, and have been fully cured after treatment,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to frame guidelines for rehabilitation of persons who have been cured of their mental illness, observing that the issue was &#8220;very sensitive&#8221;. 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